A health worker administers the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to an elderly woman at Jean Prouve Convention Center on January 13, 2021 in Nancy, eastern France, during the first vaccination campaign for people over 75. (Photo by JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP) -
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Odette opened the ball.
This octogenarian was the first to be vaccinated against Covid-19, this Wednesday morning at the Palais des Congrès in Nancy.
That is, five days before the national campaign which is due to start on Monday for people over 75 years old outside nursing homes
“We must stop this Covid which eats up everyone's life.
I am very happy to be the first, launched the interested party.
It is good for the elderly.
This is the best solution, ”she insisted.
Making appointments on Doctolib
Strongly affected by the rebound of the Covid-19 epidemic, the Nancy metropolis officially opened this local vaccination campaign for people over 75 years old, living at home, on Wednesday.
But as of Tuesday, a few elderly people, who managed to make an appointment on the Doctolib site, were able to get vaccinated while the campaign still only concerned healthcare staff and nursing home residents.
The national campaign will be officially launched Thursday, with the opening of a telephone line for making appointments, and a visit by Prime Minister Jean Castex to Metz.
He indicated last week that among various measures intended to speed up the pace of vaccinations in France, where the government is criticized for its slowness, vaccination would be open to all people over 75 years old from Monday, January 18 .
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